Meaning of elephant trap | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A trap which can easily be avoided by a competent person, and thus proves the incompetence of anybody trapped by it.
   figuratively
2. Often in the form Elephant Trap: a faulty attempt by White to win a pawn in a popular variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined, which is generally only effective against inexperienced players.
   figuratively

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Examples

“To show he doesn’t do his fair share of work, I’ve set him an elephant trap. If he falls in he’ll look like a clown.”

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